One gun that hits with every shot can match a hundred guns that hit one in a hundred.

The ancients said: after victory, tighten the cords of your helmet.

This war was begun unavoidably in self-defense, and Japan, united under the unbroken imperial line, is resolved to fight to the last man.

-- Takahashi Korekiyo

I fight my enemies with swords, not with salt.

-- Uesugi Kenshin

In war, a victory of sixty percent is the best. Total victory breeds complacency.

-- Takeda Shingen

To achieve the objective, do not be choosy about methods.

-- Ōkubo Toshimichi

Then we shall fight in the shade.

-- Leonidas I

I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion.

-- Alexander the Great